This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 512 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 512 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It takes place when two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds. A) Consonance. B) Oxymoron. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 2. A recurring element that has a symbolic role in the story; it often helps to develop the theme A) Allusion. B) Symbol. C) Motif. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motif. 3. A speech or address to someone who is not there. (Ex:When Juliet calls for Romeo when he is not there.) A) Apostrophe. B) Verbal irony. C) Couplet. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 4. A fire station burning down is an example of ..... (Where were the firemen?!) A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 5. "Come Liberty, though cheerful sound, Roll through my ravished ears!Come, let my joys be drowned, And drive away my fears.Say unto foul oppression, Cease:Ye tyrants rage no more.And let the joyful trump of peace, Now bid the vassal soar!"The speaker's relationship with Liberty is one of ..... A) Fearful submission. B) Delicate persuasion. C) Angry accusation. D) Hopeful pleading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hopeful pleading. 6. A character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character with the objective to highlight the traits of both characters A) Characterization. B) Round character. C) Character foil. D) Flat character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Character foil. 7. The darkness was a blanket that both smothered and comforted. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 8. This is a thing, person, or place that is presented as a representation of a larger meaning. A) Setting. B) Symbol. C) Theme. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 9. The use of specific objects or images to represent abstract ideas. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Foreshadowing. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 10. Language that appeals to our five senses:smell, sight, taste, touch, or hearing A) Imagery. B) Connotation. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 11. He thought and played like a child (page 30) A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 12. What is an informational genre? A) Stories passed on from one group to another. B) Fictional story that takes place in a particular time period. C) Written in verse. D) Texts that provide facts about topics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Texts that provide facts about topics. 13. Suddenly we heard a loud noise "bang, bang, bang" we had never heard it before A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 14. Part B:How do these lines contribute to the development of the poem? A) It shows that the handkerchief is blowing around in the wind. B) It shows that the handkerchief is waving goodbye. C) It shows that the handkerchief is screaming at the daughter. D) It shows that the girl is delighted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It shows that the handkerchief is blowing around in the wind. 15. The sound of the crying baby raised the hairs on my arms and put chills down my spine. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Epiphany. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 16. "Art follows lunch, like dream follows nightmare" (9) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. An overused phrase, such as "busy as a bee" is called A) Euphemism. B) Idiom. C) Juxtaposition. D) Cliche'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cliche'. 18. To show or indicate what may happen in the future ..... A) Irony. B) Foreshadowing. C) Symbol. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 19. What is an intentional and extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect? A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 20. Person, place, or thing that represents something beyond itself, most often something concrete or tangible that represents an abstract idea A) Hyperbole. B) Style. C) Symbol. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesLiterary Devices Quiz 1Literary Devices Quiz 2Literary Devices Quiz 3Literary Devices Quiz 4Literary Devices Quiz 5Literary Devices Quiz 6Literary Devices Quiz 7Literary Devices Quiz 8Literary Devices Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books